Living Paper: Authoring AR Narratives Across Digital and Tangible Media

Storytelling is an important means for children to build literacy while sharing beliefs, values, and cultural norms. Our work investigates how augmented reality (AR) can fit into creative storytelling practices. We introduce Living Paper, a system for authoring AR narratives that span both digital and tangible media. Our augmented storybook prototype integrates animated AR characters from hand drawings with programmable LED lights that shine through the pages. Living Paper combines the flexibility of digital objects with the tangibility of physical cues to enable the creation of immersive and shareable stories.